Woodworking machine



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Patented Jan. 9, 19,45 I

A UNITED YSTATES `PA'rizN'r g 2,366,831'v N OFFICE N WooDWoRKING MACHINE William J. Cartledge, Shively,` Ky., assignor of `one-third to Louis C. DuPont, Wilmington,

Del. I

ApplicationApril 16, 1942, Serial No. 439,269

\ `4 Claims. *(Cl. 1411-137) This invention relates to a machine primarily used for wood-working but capable `of operating on many other` materials, such as some of the metals, oorkcertain plastics and the like.

It is particularly aimed to provide such a machine capable of shaping stock on a concave curve of selectable radius; on `a convex curve of selectable radius, or with both such curves.

`In addition, I `aim to provide the machine of such form that it may also perform straight and bevel cross-cutting, ripping, grooving, banding routing, shaping; grinding, polishing, and drum and disc sanding `by the utilization in a novel manner of a plurality of cutting heads now standard.

wherein. the curved surface of the work will' `be greater than and not restricted bythe swath Lof` the cutting tool.

l Still further Iaim to provide novel mountings I Another `object is to provide such a machine for` the overhead suspension of a sawor other tool y and its operationin an arcuate path.

Y Still another aim is to provide novel means in the machine for the support ofthe work. i

with the `above and other objects in view which will be apparent and, in part, be pointed out as` the `description proceeds, the invention consists Figure 1o` is aview simuar te Figure 9 out I showing the links in a locked position;

Figure 11 is a view in elevation of oneof the main bearing caps, looking toward the inner face` thereof;

Figure 12 is a plan view of the locking rings used in connection with the `main bearings;

Figure 13 is `an elevation of one of said locking Figure 14 is an elevation of one of the main bearing pins; s A Figure 15 is a View `primarily in section taken along the line I5`I5 of Figure 3; ,i

Figure 16 is aidetail partly in section, showing.

the angular `adjustment between the operating motor and one of its supporting arms;

i i Figure 17 is a section taken on the line I'l-I'I of Figure 16; i `Figure 18 is a fragmentary'view in cross-section, showing a concaving operation on work supported by end cleats; l I l Figure 19 is "an elevation of one of the work supporting end cleats; i

in the novel construction, adaptation, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedwlth relation to accompanying drawings and then claimed.

-In said drawingswhich illustrate one opera-v tive embodimentby Way of example:

Figure `1 is a right hand end e1evation (of the I of work Figure 20 is a plan view of the end cleatof Figurel9,"

Figure 21` is a perspective view of apiece of work turned out by the machine; Figure 22 is a perspective View showing `a piece of work, that of Figure 21, as it maybe used in practice; and, V i

`Figure 23 is a perspective view of another piece chine.` i

' Referring specifically to the drawings wherein lkereference characters designate like or similar partsthroughout the different views, a pair Figure is a `horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is an inverted plan View of part ofl the stock support; i i Figure 8 is a detail section taken on the line 8--8 of Figure 3;

l. Figure 9 is a detail section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure `8; the parts being in position for I `ist of end supports are provided at` I0 to which are bolted, asat II, the horizontal flanges I2 of spaced apartangle beams or frame members, I

generally designated I3, and whose vertical Walls or flanges are indicated at I4. The described parts are preferably of metal and the end sup-A ports I0 are connected and braced bya wooden shelf I5, and bolted as at I6 to the end supports.'

The walls or llanges I4 have inwardly extend ing ribs or tracks I1 which occupy grooves I8 to mount a work support I8 for longitudinal sliding movement. Apiece of stock or workis indi-cated at 2U and it may be held in place on the support I 9 by screws 2l, as suggested in Figure 1, passing through openings 22 of the work support, the

latter being best shown in Figure '7.

Stock or Work 20 is particularly adapted to `be y cut by a rotatable tool such as that disclosedat `23, whose mounting and operation will be later which may be operated on by the maspecically described. The Work r stock 20 is fed longitudinally with respect to the machine in successive steps of a width corresponding to the swath of the cutter 23 in order that a convex surface corresponding to the dotted line 24 may be cut when the work or stock is mounted as in Figure 1 and a concave surface corresponding to the line 25 may be out when the-work or stock is mounted as in Figure 18.

To best consider the parts for eifecting the aforesaid feeding, reference is to be had to Figures 2 and 4 to '7` Along the under surface and centrally of the work support I9, a row or series of rack teeth 2B depend. Enmeshedwith the rack teeth 26 are the teeth of an escapement wheelv 21 which is journaled on a short shaft 28 keyed in openings in walls i4 of the beams I3.` A control lever 29 is pivoted at 30 on a boltl mounted by depending brackets or angles 3| welded or otherwise fastened to the flanges I2. Lever 29 has a' movement limited by upper and lower rods 32 and 33, mounted bythe brackets 3l and between Which'thefree end 34 of lever 29 projects. At the other end, lever 29 has a pawl 35 pivoted thereto at 36 which is urged toward the wheel 2-1 by contractilecoilspring 31 fastened at opposite ends to the' lever 2 9 andthe pawl 35.

, The Work support i9 is normally held against movement by teeth 38 of a latch block 39 in mesh with the teeth '26. Latch` block 39 is urged to the latching position mentioned by contractile coilI springs Vlll engaged at one end with lugs 4I projecting from the'latch block and at the otherend'with rods 421 anchored by plates 43 welded orV otherwise fastened against the inner surfaces of the walls I4'fand which have central vertical guides 44 entered in grooves 45 on opposite sides of thelatch block 39 and thus slidably mounting and guiding the latter.

'The latch block 39 and leveru29 are under operation of a depressible inclined treadle 4S, Figures l andZ, to whichkaY vertical link 41 is pivoted at 48 and `in turn yat its upper end is flexibly connected by a' link 49 "to the latch 'meery '39. The free end 34 er me` lever 29 projects through van 'A opening 5t'4 in 'the links 41, whichopening is elongated or enlarged with respect,tothelever.` LinkV 4 1 passes through an enlarged opening 5|"in lthe shelf `l5.

In some instances, the Workv24, instead of beingseeure-d tethesupport leiby'the'screws 2l, isv 'fastened to 'suchsupport by` vcleats 52 as detailed in Figures ,18, 19 and 20. These cleats haii/"ejl a: basal flange` 5.3Vp`rovided with openings 5'4through which bolts 55 arep'assed and which lalso'pass "through selectedopenings 22 to-mo'unt the cleats` on thesllpport i9. Vertical walls 56 i rise from they basal walls 53` and they have a multiplicity of y vopenings '51 therethrough through which screws may Abe passed and entered in vthe" work 24lasV in Figurefl to mount such work. If desired, a'iiller `block of wood or anyv other Vmaterial'59 may be interposed between the'w'ork and the. support I9 as in Figure 18.

.Reverting to the cutter 23, it is'r'emovably fastened in. any suitable manner on a rotatable shaftZldriven yby afgeartrain encased at 60 'and driven by a geared 'head motor unit 61,/ adapted to be driven from any suitable source of power, preferably Aan electric current. Head Gi'hasaligned mounting arms GZradia'ting ,fromV opposite sides 'thereof and which are horizontallyl disposed.` Arms `32 are; s'milar in dimensions. bolts or pins 53 which are mounted in the upper ends of hollow sections 64 of links generally-- in the openings AS3 by screws 69 threaded to the sections 54 and entered in-diametric openings 19 in the bolts, as best shown in Figure 15.

The cutter '23 is adjustable in a path concentric with the longitudinal axes of the arms B2, for instance, to position the cutter 23 for beveling. To attain such angular adjustment, the head or unit El has end plates 1I and the arms .62'

at their inner ends have flanges 12 in contact 'with plates o1' heads 1I. Stud bolts 13 extend from the heads 1I, through arcuate openings 14' in the flanges 12 and beyond the same receive clampingv nuts 15. When the nuts 15 are loose, the unit @I may-be adjusted or turned una horizontala'xisj and secured at the different adjustments by the nuts 15. In order'to provide the requisite streng-th and` take l"care of the strains and loads involved,l an'angular flange-or ring 16 preferably extends `from the inner ends of arms 62` and intimately fits a `wall 11 in 'a de``v pression 18 inthe plates 1l.

It will be ntedtliat the links G5 are similar.

, The lower sections at their lower ends, as best Shown in `Figure 8, are' ykeyed at 1191" tolm'ain bearingpins whieh are journaled in similar, Y approximately centrally 'located,`relatively large upwardly and inwardly extending main bearingvk members 8l, the general shape of which is best shown in Figures A1 and 3. The bearing members are bolted at -Bl to the flanges I2 of end supports lll mounting of the pins-8'@ in the bearings 8lv is best detailed in Figures 8 to 14. The

bearings '8| have horizontal? portionsilZ in which elongated slots-84 are provided-Bearing pins 80, intermediate tlfieiren'dsl have abutments Y85 thereon eXtendingfone-hundred and eighty degrees arcnmdV the same and the pins false 'have diametrie epeningset therethrough. 'Pins sn' extend' through the slots 845 and` abutments '85 engage one sidev of the horizontal portions' 82;

Generally cup-shaped main bearing caps 36* areA securedbybolts 81, passingYthrough-"openr` ings 8 8 of the caps', tothe horizontal' portions ,82, and said caps partially enclose Vtheabutments 85v and portions ,ofi pins lvSi) outwardly thereof.

Generally U-shaped'lcking'-rings` 89, as shown in Figures 11, 12,1and'ljpartially'surroundjthe pins 89 within the capsSGUand they are notched at 99 for abutment with'thefao'eisfof the abut? ments '85"in' such manner that rotation of the Y pins at results in equal, rotation of nheiocking rings l89. The bearing caps"36 are equipped With openings or slot` 361i withenlargementsat 36h, the former toy permit free passage, therethrough of `the pins te and the enlargementto permit passage of "the abutments' 85 there.-

through when the partsaredisposejdas infFigure 9 While retaining the locking ringsl 8,9'fand limiting their motion to a rotational movement at al1 times. lThe pins 'are free to traverse 'the slots 84 ,and 35a only when .the slots 'or openings of the rings are'horizontally disposed "andcp'en at the vleft as inFigure 1 1. When "the links are rotatedclckwisfe away/ fr'orithe horizontal as in Figure 110, ,equal'rotation of 'thelocki'ng lrings 189 results 'in the pins` iilVlfiecornirigprogressivelyy theelements of Figure 21 as used in Figure 22,

encircled to a greater 'extent thereby locking thevpins to a fixed center of rotation.`

`When the links are inI vertical position, as in` the sections 64. Collars 94 may be slidably po-` sitioned on the sections 66 for engagement with the horizontal portions 82 of the bearing arms `when the links are invertical position as in Figure the same to be rigidly fastened in place bybinding screws V95 threaded thereto and en gageable with the sections 66. `These collars serve the function of4 limiting the decreasing telescoping travel of the` links to any predetermined degree when the machine is` performing the cutting of concave surfaces in a manner which will be apparent from a study of the drawings.` Attention is directed to the fact that the cutting `tool 23 maybe a standard dado saw assembly, for instance, of six-inch diameter, arranged to cut an adjustable width swath in thestock 24 normally about three-quarters of an Y inch in width. The structure enables `a length of the links to be adjusted and varied at will and locked in any position, thus` controlling the will form a rounded edge for many articles, such as pieces of furniture. The article 25a shown in Figure 23 is of the character adapted to be supported by the cleats 52, asin Figure 18. More specifically to machine a concave curve in a stock which has previously had a convex curve maof the saw must travel. Since the size of the saw or tool 23 vutilized for all convex outside` cutting is the same, the radius of the `stock cut` isfequal to the radius `of the arc traversed by the `center of the saw minus the radius of the `graduations or calibrations 92 to be made in terms of cut" radii.

It will be clear that the purpose of the stock shifting or feeding mechanism, best shown in Figures 4 to '1, is to feed the stock being machined on the support or bar I9 into the` correct position for the cutting swath of the saw or tool 23 and to lock the stock in that position through the agency of the lock block 39 while the swath is being cut. The construction of the shifting mechanism enables the operator to perform these functions by depressing and'releasing the foot treadle 46. The `shifting gear 21, whose tooth spacing corresponds to the width of the swath cut by the saw, since it is enmeshed with the rack gearing 26, shifts both stock V2II and support or bar I9 according to the angle of its rotation. The tooth or ratchet 35 engages a tooth of the gear 21 and forces the latter to shift the stock when the right end of lthe lever 29 is depressed through an arc whose length is controlled by the stop bars 32 and 33.` On the return cycle of the lever 29, the ratchet 35 ridesfthe teeth of gear 21, and upon reaching the end of its motion it is pulled into position for the next thrust by the spring 31. `The lever 29 is actuated by the link 41, which, in turn, is pulled down by the treadle 46 and pulled up by the return springs 40.

With the tool or saw 23 mounted `and movable as described, it is adapted to cut convex4 surfaces as at 24 and concavesurfaces as at25. This is shown in Figures 18, 21, 22 and 23. The stock t cut as shown in Figure 21 may be used as shown in Figure 22 by subsequently grooving the same at 25e for use with tongue pieces'at 25d. Thus chined inits entire length, it is necessary for the operator 3to screw the end cleats 56 to the ends of the stock with'wood screws. The end cleats then are bolted to the stock support member I9,

and the assembly `is insertedin the left end of the machine as for machining a convex curve.

A dado saw assembly whose diameter is equal to the diameter of the concave cut desired is selected and fastened to the power take-off shaft of the motor. i The operator moves the `main bearing pins 8U into the rear extremity of the` main bearing (Figure 10) and swings the motor upward through` its arc of travel until the intermediate connecting links 65` are in a vertical position. This position of the four pivot bearings permits insertion through the bearing, and

the four locking pins are locked at. 59, thus lock-` ing the motor and saw in an upright position over the center of the work. The two stop collars 94 are next adjusted in a position which will 'arrest the telescoping movement of the intermediate connecting links when the lower edge of the saw unit has `reached the desired depth in the work. The operator next releases the two segment lock screws 61, turns on the motor switch, and allows the motor and saw to settle of their own weight slowing downward in a vertical path until theidownward motion is arrested by the previously `adjusted stop collars 94. At this point the saw and work are as illustrated in Figure 18 and the concave surface has been machined over a length of the work equal to the dado saw assembly thickness. The operator then raises the motor and saw unit, depresses and releases the foot treadle, and again lowers the saw into the work, thus machining another `sired in the stock, the stock may be fastened directly to the stock support member I9 with Wood screws,'thus eliminating the need for the end cleats for end support of the work.

For bevel cutting, grinding, ripping, grooving,

etc. the machine isset up as illustrated in Figure 3 with the four pivot bearings locked so as rigidly' to support the `motor and saw unit. Loosening of the four flange joint clamp nuts 15 permits the female halves of the flange joints carrying the motor and saw to rotate clockwise about the axis of the motor support bar lassembly 62. Thus any desired angle of the blade up to 45 deg. from the vertical may be achieved. Tightening of the four nuts locks the saw to the selected angle of cut, andwork to be ripped or cross-cut may be passed under the blade for cutting. Substitution of the standard saw for any abrasive wheel, sanding disc, dado saw assembly,

flanges. f2. The designer` table 9G mayl closelyapproximatethat ora conventional bench-sam It.- is grooved. transverseIy to accommodate` a standard mitre. gauge Hl or the.` equivalent. and serves as a guide for cross-cutting typical stock; The table is also equippedyvithxa-r ripience guide: bar MM for receiving a standards rip,v fence-, not. shown, to serve as a guide for ripping. It is also equippedy with afslotted. soft metal table insert. at |02 tof permit the cutting edge of the tool4 23 1. A machine of the class described having a motor unit, a4 cutter mounted and rotatable. thereby, arms at opposite sides. of the unit, link means pivoted to"`l the outer ends: of the. arms,

Y supports pivotalsly mounting.l the linlrmeans,l and means connecting. the unit to.- the inner ends of the arms for adjustment` on the` longitudinal axes, passing through said arms so thaty the` cutter maybe angularly disposed..

2. A machine o-f the class described having a? motor uni-t, a cutter `mounted and rotatable thereby, arms at opposite sides of the imit', link means pivoted to the outer ends of thefarms', supports` pivotally mounting the link means, and' means connecting the' unit to the inner' ends of thetarms: for adjustment on the longitudinal axes .of the machine and bolted at` 99 to the? horizontal passing through saidl arms so that the; cutter be angularly disposed, consisting of contacting;v n

plates, certain of the platesv having arcuate slots therein and fastening elements passing through: the slots and engaging, the other plates.

3. A machine of the class described having a, unitary operating motor means and oppositely mounted arms for a rotatable cutter, bearing members, link means pivoted to each arm,v pins extending` from the link means, said bearing members having elongated slots through which the pins pass, bearing caps on the bearing mem bers into which the pins extend, abutment meme bers on the pins Within` the caps engaging, the, bearing members, locking rings, said bearing caps having openings for passage of the pins and their; abutment members but retentionof the locking, ringsfsaid rings being'cut away to provide for and vreceive said pin abutments for coaction therewith.

' 4. A machine of the class described havinga. unitary operating: motor means and oppositelyA mounted. armsfor a rotatable cutter, bearing. members, link means pivoted-'to each arm, pins extending fromjthe linkmeans, said bearing members having elongated slots through which the pins` pass, bearing caps on the bearing members into which the pins extend, abutment mem-1 bers on the pins Within the caps engaging the; bearingV members, locking 'rings restrained by said: bearing caps, said rings being` cut away to provide conditional passage of the pins, saidf pins having diametric openings therein, and fase tenings mounted by the bearing members for passage into said openings to secure the pins and links against horizontal and rotationalV vmovement relative to the bearing members.

WILLIAM J. CARTLEDGE. 

